mulat

Catalan

Alternative forms

• (mixed-race): mulato

Etymology

From mul +‎ -at. The sense of "person of mixed race" is a semantic loan from Spanish mulato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [muˈlat]

Noun

mulat m (plural mulats)

1. young mule

Derived terms

• mulater

Noun

mulat m (plural mulats, feminine mulata, feminine plural mulates)

1. mulatto

Adjective

mulat (feminine mulata, masculine plural mulats, feminine plural mulates)

1. mulatto

Further reading

• “mulat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulat]

Noun

mulat m anim

1. mulatto

Declension

Declension of mulat (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mulat	mulati
genitive	mulata	mulatů
dative	mulatovi, mulatu	mulatům
accusative	mulata	mulaty
vocative	mulate	mulati
locative	mulatovi, mulatu	mulatech
instrumental	mulatem	mulaty

Derived terms

• mulatka

Danish

Etymology

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (“mule”).

Noun

mulat c (singular definite mulatten, plural indefinite mulatter)

1. mulatto

Inflection

Declension of mulat

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mulat	mulatten	mulatter	mulatterne
genitive	mulats	mulattens	mulatters	mulatternes

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish mulato or Portuguese mulato, from Latin mūlus (“mule”). Etymologically related to Dutch muil (“mule”), muildier (“mule”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mulat m (plural mulatten, diminutive mulatje n, feminine mulattin)

1. (derogatory, dated) mulatto

   Synonyms: halfbloed, dubbelbloed

Derived terms

• mulattin

Hungarian

Etymology

múlik (“to pass”) +‎ -at (causative suffix), literally “to make or let (time) pass by”. (Its literal counterpart also exists, see múlat with a long ú.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmulɒt]
• Hyphenation: mu‧lat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

mulat

1. (intransitive, literary) to have fun, to be amused, to enjoy oneself
   • 1863, János Arany, Buda halála (The Death of King Buda),^[1] canto 6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell, Anton N. Nyerges and Ádám Makkai (Q674247) (In Quest of the ’Miracle Stag’, The Poetry of Hungary, 2000):

     Tündér lyányok ottan laknak, / Táncot ropnak, úgy mulatnak. / Szőve ködbül sátoruk van: / Ugy mulatnak sátorukban.

     There fairy maidens did subsist / and danced with joy in elfin measure; / housed in a tent of woven mist, / they passed their nights in tuneful pleasure.

2. (intransitive, literary) to be amused at/by, laugh at (someone or something: -n/-on/-en/-ön)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mulat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mulatok	mulatsz	mulat	mulatunk	mulattok	mulatnak
			def.	mulatom	mulatod	mulatja	mulatjuk	mulatjátok	mulatják
			2nd obj	mulatlak
		past	indef.	mulattam	mulattál	mulatott	mulattunk	mulattatok	mulattak
			def.	mulattam	mulattad	mulatta	mulattuk	mulattátok	mulatták
			2nd obj	mulattalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. mulatni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	mulaték	mulatál	mulata	mulatánk	mulatátok	mulatának
		def.	mulatám	mulatád	mulatá	mulatánk	mulatátok	mulaták
		2nd obj	mulatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mulat vala, mulatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	mulatandok	mulatandasz	mulatand	mulatandunk	mulatandotok	mulatandanak
	def.	mulatandom	mulatandod	mulatandja	mulatandjuk	mulatandjátok	mulatandják
	2nd obj	mulatandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mulatnék	mulatnál	mulatna	mulatnánk	mulatnátok	mulatnának
		def.	mulatnám	mulatnád	mulatná	mulatnánk (or mulatnók)	mulatnátok	mulatnák
		2nd obj	mulatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mulatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mulassak	mulass or mulassál	mulasson	mulassunk	mulassatok	mulassanak
			def.	mulassam	mulasd or mulassad	mulassa	mulassuk	mulassátok	mulassák
			2nd obj	mulassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mulatott légyen
infinitive	mulatni		mulatnom	mulatnod	mulatnia	mulatnunk	mulatnotok	mulatniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	mulatás		mulató	mulatott	mulatandó	mulatva (mulatván)		mulattat
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of mulat

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mulathatok	mulathatsz	mulathat	mulathatunk	mulathattok	mulathatnak
			def.	mulathatom	mulathatod	mulathatja	mulathatjuk	mulathatjátok	mulathatják
			2nd obj	mulathatlak
		past	indef.	mulathattam	mulathattál	mulathatott	mulathattunk	mulathattatok	mulathattak
			def.	mulathattam	mulathattad	mulathatta	mulathattuk	mulathattátok	mulathatták
			2nd obj	mulathattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	mulathaték	mulathatál	mulathata	mulathatánk	mulathatátok	mulathatának
		def.	mulathatám	mulathatád	mulathatá	mulathatánk	mulathatátok	mulathaták
		2nd obj	mulathatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. mulathat vala, mulathatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	mulathatandok or mulatandhatok	mulathatandasz or mulatandhatsz	mulathatand or mulatandhat	mulathatandunk or mulatandhatunk	mulathatandotok or mulatandhattok	mulathatandanak or mulatandhatnak
	def.	mulathatandom or mulatandhatom	mulathatandod or mulatandhatod	mulathatandja or mulatandhatja	mulathatandjuk or mulatandhatjuk	mulathatandjátok or mulatandhatjátok	mulathatandják or mulatandhatják
	2nd obj	mulathatandalak or mulatandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	mulathatnék	mulathatnál	mulathatna	mulathatnánk	mulathatnátok	mulathatnának
		def.	mulathatnám	mulathatnád	mulathatná	mulathatnánk (or mulathatnók)	mulathatnátok	mulathatnák
		2nd obj	mulathatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mulathatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	mulathassak	mulathass or mulathassál	mulathasson	mulathassunk	mulathassatok	mulathassanak
			def.	mulathassam	mulathasd or mulathassad	mulathassa	mulathassuk	mulathassátok	mulathassák
			2nd obj	mulathassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mulathatott légyen
infinitive	(mulathatni)		(mulathatnom)	(mulathatnod)	(mulathatnia)	(mulathatnunk)	(mulathatnotok)	(mulathatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	mulatható			mulathatatlan		(mulathatva / mulathatván)

Derived terms

• mulatás
• mulatgat
• mulató
• mulatság → mulatságos
• mulattat

(With verbal prefixes):

• átmulat
• elmulat
• keresztülmulat
• kimulat
• végigmulat

Related terms

• múlat

Further reading

• mulat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mulatte.

Noun

mulat m (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) mulatto

   Synonym: mulatru

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mulat	mulatul
genitive-dative	mulat	mulatului
vocative	mulatule

References

• mulat in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic مولة (mūlat), from Arabic مَوْلَاة (mawlāh).

Noun

mulat f (plural mwalin, Tifinagh spelling ⵎⵓⵍⴰⵜ)

1. female equivalent of mul: female owner, female caretaker or person responsible for something

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[2], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[3], Paris, France: HAL

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

mulat

1. supine of mula

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *muklat (“to open eyes”). Compare Ilocano buragat (“eyes opened wide”) / mulagat (“wide-eyed”), Kapampangan mulikat (“open one's eyes”), Kapampangan mulat (“open the eyes”), Asi mukyat (“to open eyes”), Masbatenyo muklat (“open the eyes”), Central Bikol buklat (“opening one's eyes”), Aklanon mukeat (“to realize”), Cebuano buklat (“for the eyes to open”), Hiligaynon muklat (“to open the eyes”), Maranao borarat (“open eyes wide”), Tausug bulat (“eyes open”), and Javanese ꦩꦸꦭꦠ꧀ (mulat, “to look at; to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmulat/ [ˈmuː.lɐt̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulat
  • IPA^(key): /muˈlat/ [mʊˈlat̪̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: mu‧lat

Noun

mulat (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

1. act of opening the eyes

   Synonyms: dilat, (obsolete) hilat

2. (figuratively) act of enlightening or educating someone

   Synonym: pagturo

Derived terms

• imulat
• ipagmulat
• ipagmulatan
• ipamulat
• kinamulatan
• magpamulat
• mamulat
• mapamulat
• mulatan
• pagmulat
• pagmulatan
• pagmumulat
• pamulatan
• pamulatin

See also

• bisaklat
• buklat
• mulagat
• pukaw

Adjective

mulát (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

1. open (of the eyes)

   Synonyms: dilat, (obsolete) dulak

2. (figurative) enlightened; educated; trained; conscious; awakened

   Synonyms: sanay, gising, pinalaki, tinuruan, sanay, pinasuso

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmulat/ [ˈmuː.lɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulat
• Syllabification: mu‧lat

Noun

mulat (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜆ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of owning something to be one's property

   Synonyms: ari, sarili, angkin

   Aking mumulat-mulat, at kinuha mo.

   Something of my own, and you took it.

Alternative forms

• molat — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Further reading

• “mulat”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “mulat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[4] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[5] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[6] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 8: “Abrir) Mulat (pp) los ojos mucho, o abrillos el q̃ los tiene cerrados adrede”

Anagrams

• tumal, multa